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... ready for the weekly helicopter delivery. This sounded like setting to see, so we found a spot on a nearby hill and watched the show with a family from Scotland. It was fascinating!! They hauled and delivered many loads. They even delivered a washing machine! The helicopter was very precise in the drops... Put the fuel right into a hole in the ground that was not much bigger than the canister. Then, we headed off to Refugio Elena- our last stop in Italy. It was a simply lovely ...

... and the grace and finesse of Tiny, the elephant... And let's not mention the windage and aerodynamics of a large shipping-container...with the doors open...Anyway, we found that after the chief-naviguesser searching all our camping-site books, and me checking my camping apps on the ipad, in our target Cremona, there were no camps, so I resorted to good old Google....

... more hours. Nicole our guide is amazing to do this over and over again. Claudin, said that this afternoon she even cried, and Rene, our 72 y.o looked dead when he arrived. I had a couple of little mishaps, at our morning rest stop, I sat on a nettle, and then put my hand on it as I got up, so I've got a rash up my leg and another on my hand. Then later in the day we sat under a tree to wait for the others and I sat on some sap that has stained ...

... we are drinking in copious quantities. But every now and then we come across a little hut in the mountains selling coffee, beer and soft drinks. Today we crossed the 2685 mts, the highest point for the walk, just before we hit the snow, and after going down 900 mts in elevation over about 5 kms, we then started climbing back up, gaining 900 mts in elevation in a long uphill climb to reach tonight's refuge, ELISABETO. On our way we crossed into Italy, so we swapped our Bonjours ...

... with 2 double bunks with Monica and Neil. The showers are amazingly hot, and so far we have had no blisters, injuries or sore muscles. We even taught a few of our group how to play Crowns, even though they couldn't speak English. We also met an Iranian couple, in their late 20's, who are both engineers working in Norway. As different as we think these people are, they are just like us. I had met them on the trail, while I was walking with ...